This rich story collection will be a reminder to Nadine Gordimer's
countless admirers, and a taster for the uninitiated, of her enduring
imaginative power. A woman gauges the state of her marriage by the
tone of her husband's cello; a wife reads her husband's mood by the
scent in the nape of his neck; a newly emigrated couple are divided by
visual obsession, he with his native Budapest, she with South African
suburbia. With consummate artistry, Gordimer illustrates the show
downs, standoffs and highlights of human intimacy while penetrating
the nuances of immigration, national identity and race. <
'Wrestles fiercely with notions of race, identity,
fidelity, truth and mortality ... More than a match for any other
living storyteller' The Times 'Nadine Gordimer is one of the best
story-writers in English today' Observer 'An impressive story
collection charting the changes in post-apartheid South Africa' Sunday
Times 'Gordimer has undoubtedly become one of the world's great
writers' Independent
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This rich story collection will be a reminder
to Nadine Gordimer's countless admirers, and a taster for the
uninitiated, of her enduring imaginative power. A woman gauges the
state of her marriage by the tone of her husband's cello; a wife
reads her husband's mood by the scent in the nape of his neck; a
newly emigrated couple are divided by visual obsession, he with his
native Budapest, she with South African suburbia. With consummate
artistry, Gordimer illustrates the show downs, standoffs and
highlights of human intimacy while penetrating the nuances of
immigration, national identity and race. <
